Excerpts from a diary, 1834-1865, and memoir of early life, written by Jesse Cox (1793-1879), a Primitive Baptist minister and resident of Williamson County, Tennessee. He describes the hardships of life as an itinerant preacher, some religious...

It is Tuesday and gunboats are visible on the Cumberland River from Nannie's home. Gen. Joe Hooker is beaten; however, Gen. Stonewall Jackson is severely and A. P. Hill is slightly wounded. Nannie wants word from her brother. She hopes that no bad...